Double cage for roller-bearings.



. S. LGKWOOD.

DOUBLE GE FOBz ROLLER BEARINGS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1912.

, lgtgyo Patented June 17, 1913.

www N am@ 5m/WQ@ v guided. This constructicnpermits thepsr `mies-srs two sections of the cage can CHARLES s. nocniwoon, or me; armenie.; Assiettes To esser nonnen EY, POBTIUN OF NEW JERSEY. l

t 'DOUBLE 'CGE FSR BQLLR-EEARIN'GS.

struction for a sheet-.metal cage adapted to guide the rolls'in their movement upon the huh of a roller-bearing; endif desired, Ao

retain the rolls the samejndepemfirr-,

entiy of the casing, so as to hold-the rolls in position While adjusting thejessing thereon. -M

The invention is especiaily applicable to 's bearing hsvings double conical hui) with 'two sets of rolls applied to the conical seats upon the opposite ends of vthe hub. 'in such a bearing va doubly tapered cage is reqired in correspondence with the double conical form -o the hub lend provided with parti-- tions to Aieep the rolls in their workin-g positions. Such cages have heretofore been made with sheet-metsl'rings having an integrnl :connection with both ends of 'the edition-liars, .as in my prior Patent No. 954,929 granted April 12, 1910; but Where such a cage has integral rings or collars at both ends it .must stamped into dish-forni' before the openings for therolls can 'be made. AThe stamping vot the openings separa'tely in suoh dish-formed 'cage involves many operations and consider-aisle oost, and the present construction avoids such cest, by ormin'gthte partition-s as inclined prongs united tvith; only one of the rings or eageheads. For a: doubly 'conical huh, the cage thus requires 'to be made in two sections, and the adjacent ends of the prongs are therefore formed of lungs projected out wurdly and perforated for rivets sot at the permanently together loyfrivets sitter they are fitted over the rolls upon the hub.

I am aware that it is old to make ei-.oylindrical cage with circuler heads oi the same' artitions intefgrsl with one etween 'which roilsieen ne diameter and' of the heads titions to be stamped 'integral With-'one of the heads from. e Het sheet of metslytlie 'seme y specificano. nfremrsreeem. 'Assem-.m mediana-sry s, wie. semina. esmas with the ring f, end limit a cage having .tapermg *View of 'the cage;

be connected j 2 lips-Em. v

incline the' prongs Patented June it?, i913,

as thepartitions are mede integral with the ring f in my construction, but no prior construction has ever furnished e means of meking a doubly tapered cage with inclined psrtitionsrhaving their ends joined together with or without the intermediate ring l2, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6 respectively. l therefore disclaim thexnei'e stemping of the partitions Jbom .a dat sheet in one piece my invention to sections joined together hy means of 4partitions mede sepsrste from one snother attheir'adjscent ends, and connected by rivets after the rolls are inserted between the partitions, 4With or Without an intermediate ring 7c.

in thennnexed drawing, Figure 1 is a "longitudinal section of e hearing having?J fthe cage 'thus constructed; Fig. l is an end Fig. 3 is en edge view' of the (ie-ge! and Fig. 4 shows the 'ring 'with prongs projected radielyytherefrmn, .lto make each. section of the lcsge separately., Fig. V'5 1s en elevation of the coller tor join# Jing the ends of the prongs; and lFig. 6 shows e cage having the ends of the prongs yunited directly together Witheet 'the intel"n 'vention of s coller.

'a designates the sloping seats fbln, lisses, and two separate sets iirtted to the said seats.

The seeing d 'is shown with en vintegral seat d in. lone end endv e nemovabie seat' e `screwed-intoftlie '.otieil end- 'ilherolis are desde mics hub with with e groove n et their ont rolls c, c

'shown with* coil-ered heads' aiat their sdjacent ends, which heads ere :heldin Contact ."With one another by the pressure of the essing .and lisis 'lnon the ltsperingy sides et the roiis. 'Eire srti'enlnr eenstmetionhof the casing' and e relis is immaterial-,fes

-fthe cage describedy herein may tensed with lother constructions. I f

The. sheet-'metal is yist punched ont, es shown in Fig. i, 'with'nnerrowring j hsving a central boref, andi prongs ,k projected trom snol-1 tergend-'provided with 'the The sheet-metal. is then stamped to from the ring in'. correw spondence with the slope of the SBMA- 72'- m5 The bore ff is adapted to ride iipnthe outer end f of the 'hub in proximity to a, shouider upon a coller g. The endsv ofthe prongs are bent outward-lyto form lugs 1 whichflie in endetplsnel and* such lugs are m0 `rolls during their movements secured together to unite the two sections of the collars g upon the hub. The clearance between the cage and the ends of the rolls avoids all friction by contact at those points, which is possible where the larger ends of the rolls contact with one another so as not to require guiding longitudinally. The cage is thus guided upon the hub independently of the rolls by the contact of the rings f with the ends of the hub and the collars g, and the friction of the parts is materially less than where the cage is not guided upon the hul) butv its weight is supported by the together. Lips m are shown projected from opposite edges of each prong and are bent to slope over the outer sides of the rolls to retain thc-1u upon the seats ot the hub, lVith this construction, one series ot' the rolls is held on the hub while the prongs of one cagesection are slipped between the rolls. The collar if; is then applied and the other set of rolls and their ca e-section are applied to the opposite end o4 the hub, and the adja-ji cent endsof the` prongs united by rivets ini -serted through the sanie and the collar la,

thus retaining the cageandrolls upon the hub.

The material of the cage is niade of suiicient thickness to make the lips m rigid jupon the prongs. iso as to retain their relation to the prongs unchangeably. A groove fn, is {o1-ined upon the huh at the junction of the conrcal seats h, to receive the enlarged heads a oit the rolls, which roll against one another without any rubbing friction.,

Fig. G shows a cage with theopposed lugs riveted directly together, which retains them in their working position effectively, as `the .metal of the prongs is made suiliciently thick .to retain their forni and position rigidly. The engagement'of the'rings j with the shoulders upon the huh prevents end movement of the cage and avoids any end contactof the cage and rolls which would produce unnecessary friction. y

The advantage of making the prongs dis. connected at their outer ends is very great, as it permits the prongs to be made with the necessary interspaces in one operation hy stamping them from a dat sheet of metal, which is not possible if the prongs are made integral with a ring atA their outer ends, be-

cause such ring is too large for the finished cage, and a cage with ring of suitable-size can onlybe formed by pressing the sheet- Inetal into dish-shape before -the pockets y' are cut out to form the prongs i.. Such' pockets can only be stamped one at a time 'from the dish-shaped bla-nk, which involves a very tedious and costly operation; Whereas all of the pockets and prongs can be stamped ata single operation if they be disconnected at their outer ends and subsequently attac-hed to one another or to a ring of the desired size, as shown in Fig.

of rolls consisting: of two similar dishshaped sections each having the ring f fitted tn turn upon one end of the hub,prongs L inclined outwardly fr n the rings toward one another forming partitions between the said rolls. lugs bent outwardly upon the adjacent tree ends of the prongs and provided with rivet-holes, and rivets inserted through the said holes for securing the sections together atter the sections are fitted over the rolls upon the huh, as and for the purpose set forth.

in testiinmiy whereof I have hereunto set iny hand inthe presence of twogsubscribing w it nesses.

CHARLES S. LOCKNQOD., lVi tncsses G. C. SrULrs,

E'riini. lli/Timmers. 

